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Getting everything to the table on Thanksgiving can be challenging. What’s even more challenging is getting everything to the table warm. Here’s a tip for keeping your mashed potatoes warm while the rest of the meal cooks.
USE A SLOW COOKER AND SET IT TO LOW.
Creamier thick side dishes such as mashed potatoes or candied sweet potatoes—and even macaroni and cheese—will stay hot for an hour or more.
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To help them not dry out, you could place the mashed potatoes in a bowl within the crockpot, then put water in the crock itself. A kind of bain-marie.
Do I dare open the gravy video now?
yeah im gonna put a huge fucking crock pot on the dinner table during thanksgiving
One more thing to wash. <sigh> You could just leave them in the big pot you mashed them in on the stove, at the lowest setting. I find if you put a lid on a pan/crock pot after the spuds are mashed, they get wet and goopy. Also, you could use a chafing dish that has a pryex dish inside.
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They use the clearly labeled buttons on their kitchen tools for their obvious purpose? Really fucking informative ATK. Really informative.
What amount of time would you typically expect the potatoes to start becoming dry and what ratio of milk or cream would you use to correct the consistency?
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